Photograph of the street view of the First National Bank of Skokie at 8001 Lincoln Avenue, at the intersection with Oakton Street, in Skokie, Illinois in the mid-1960s. Shown: The First National Bank building with building annex shown in the...

World War, 1939-1945--United States; Japanese--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians; Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

The War Relocation Authority, established by the Executive Order of the President, no. 9102, on March 18, 1942, was charged with the responsibility of relocating all persons of Japanese descent who had been evacuated from the West Coast by military...

Photograph of the First National Bank of Skokie at 8001 Lincoln Avenue, at the intersection of Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois in the 1950s. Awning next door reads: Center Grocery & Market. Note the automobile parked in front of the Center...